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(Do we need to mention Arceus and HGSS? Seriously? CoroCoro's announced everything about everything including those.)
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Its name comes from the {{wp|phenomime}} ''korokoro'', meaning a small, fat, spherical thing, because kids supposedly like them.
Its name comes from the {{wp|phenomime}} ''korokoro'', meaning a small, fat, spherical thing, because kids supposedly like them.


CoroCoro regularly promotes toys and video games related to manga franchises, releasing stories and articles featuring them. Pokémon's big success in Japan owes to this in a way; [[Pokémon Blue Version (Japanese)|Pocket Monsters Blue]] was sold exclusively through the magazine at first. Of course, this helped CoroCoro's sales as well.
CoroCoro regularly promotes toys and video games related to manga franchises, releasing stories and articles featuring them. Pokémon's big success in Japan owes to this in a way; [[Pokémon Blue Version (Japanese)|Pocket Monsters Blue]] was sold exclusively through the magazine at first. Of course, this helped CoroCoro's sales as well. Throughout its history, CoroCoro has held many [[illustration contests]] for the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
    
    
==History==
==History==
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* I'm Galileo!
* I'm Galileo!
* Kirby of the Stars
* Kirby of the Stars
==CoroCoro Pokémon Illustration Contest==
In late 1997, CoroCoro held an Illustration Contest, in which the top three illustrators had their artwork featured as one of the {{TCG|Vending Machine cards}}.
{| border="1" style="border: 1px solid #999; border-collapse: collapse; background: white; margin: auto;" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2"
|- style="background: #{{grass color}};"
! Winner
! Card
! Type
! Rarity
! Series
|-
| Yuuki Kawamura
| {{TCG ID|Vending|Poliwrath|S1}}
| {{e|Water}}
| {{rar|Uncommon}}
| Series 1
|-
| Keita Takahashi
| {{TCG ID|Vending|Snorlax|S1}}
| {{e|Colorless}}
| {{rar|Uncommon}}
| Series 1
|-
| Kazuhiko Nishihara
| {{TCG ID|Vending|Mewtwo|S3}}
| {{e|Psychic}}
| {{rar|Common}}
| Series 3
|}


==External links==
==External links==